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Frank J. Kogut (Business & Commerce)
1938 –


Jedediah Wilcox (Business & Commerce)
1827 – 1897


Monsignor John L. Ceppa (Community Service)
1880 – 1948
Right Rev. Msgr. John L. Ceppa was born in Biskleupic, Poland in 1880 and died in Meriden, May 3, 1948. He was a resident of Meriden for 42 years. Fr. Ceppa founded St. Stanislaus parish in1906 from a wooden church and parish house and transformed it into a parish of impressive brick and mortar structures. Besides the Romanesque Church built in 1908 on the corner of Pleasant and Olive Streets (the first Catholic Polish church in the State of Conn), he spearheaded the building of St. Stanislaus School in 1915, St. Stanislaus Cemetery in 1920, the Parish Rectory in 1924, the Pulaski monument on Broad Street in 1934, St. Stanislaus stadium (now Ceppa field) in 1935 and St. Stanislaus Community Center in 1937. As head of the Polish Roman Catholic Church in Meriden, an ethnic community and an urban immigrant village was erected. His efforts provided a secure environment of stability and a sense of community for the incoming tide of Polish immigrants. Fr. Ceppa was internationally known for assisting the Red Cross during both wars (WW1 & WW2), and had affiliation with the Vatican in Italy. Today the Church on the hill and its school and community center still stand as a testament to Fr. Ceppa’s accomplishments during his tenure in Meriden.

